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John Alton (October 5, 1901 – June 2, 1996), born Johann Jacob Altmann, in Sopron, Kingdom of Hungary, was an American cinematographer of Hungarian-German origin. [1] Alton photographed some of the most famous films noir of the classic period and won an Academy Award for the cinematography of An American in Paris (1951), becoming the first Hungarian-born person to do so in the cinematography ...
The Amazing Mr. X, also known as The Spiritualist, is a 1948 American horror thriller film noir directed by Bernard Vorhaus with cinematography by John Alton. The film tells the story of a phony spiritualist racket. The film is prominently featured in Alton's book on cinematography Painting with Light (1949).
Painting with Light (ISBN 0-520-08949-9) by John Alton is the first book written on cinematography by a major cinematographer.. The book was first published in 1949. The book's primary focus is on light and the many complex ways a camera crew can manipulate it for effect.
Raw Deal is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor and Marsha Hunt.It was shot by cinematographer John Alton with sets designed by the art director Edward L. Ilou. [1]
It is the first of five creatively successful collaborations between director Mann and acclaimed cinematographer John Alton, [11] and features "some of the most distinctive stylistics of the film noir movement." [12] Because Mann and Alton "trusted each other, the film has intense, almost unbearable mood and texture". [13]
The Big Combo is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis, written by Philip Yordan and photographed by cinematographer John Alton, with music by David Raksin. [3] The film stars Cornel Wilde , Richard Conte and Brian Donlevy , as well as Jean Wallace , who was Wilde's wife at the time.
Slightly Scarlet is a 1956 American crime film starring John Payne, Rhonda Fleming and Arlene Dahl. The film was directed by Allan Dwan, and its cinematographer was John Alton. The script was based on James M. Cain's novel Love's Lovely Counterfeit.
The Crooked Way is a 1949 American film noir starring John Payne, Sonny Tufts and Ellen Drew.Directed by Robert Florey and shot by John Alton, the film has a similar plot (a war hero loses his memory from a combat wound) to another film noir, Somewhere in the Night.